An RSS Blog - Daily News and Information Related to RSS Feeds, Syndication and Aggregation.Daily RSS Blog and news related to RSS, really simple syndication, rdf, blogs, syndication and news aggregation. Information related to marketing RSS, new RSS software releases, beta test opportunities, new RSS directories and discussions of opportunities related to RSS.RSS Tools- December 29, 2006 Learn about the latest RSS Tools, Scripts and Software. The RSS Tools website contains a myriad of tools to manage and manipulate rss feeds and news feeds.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#666 Measure Your Blog Juice- December 28, 2006 A new online tool a "Blog Juice Calculator" determines a blogs popularity. The Blog Juice Calculator compares the blogs number of BlogLines subscribers, the websites Alexa Ranking, Technorati rank and the number of general links. The Blog Juice Calculator is a free service from TextLinkAds.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#665 AddToAny- December 28, 2006 Add a single button to your website and users can easily subscribe to your feed regardless of the feed reader or feed reading service that they use. Check out AddToAny.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#664 Microsoft Responds to RSS Patent Application Hoopla- December 27, 2006 A lead programmer from Microsoft responded to the blogosphere's fury and anger over Microsoft's filing of RSS patents. Here are a few quotes: First, these patents describe specific ways to improve the RSS end-user and developer experience (which we believe are valuable and innovative contributions) -- they do not constitute a claim that Microsoft invented RSS. Applying for a patent on your innovation is common industry practice, and one which, by incenting and protecting the companies...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#663 Business Week Stock Monitor- December 27, 2006 Business Week has announced a new tool that allows readers to monitor stocks using by creating RSS feeds. Try Business Week Feed Generatorhttp://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#662 Transparency and Blogs- December 26, 2006 PayPerPost has instituted a new policy that mandates bloggers must disclose that they are accepting payment, either in the write-up or in a general disclosure policy.http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#661 RSS Patent- December 24, 2006 Microsoft is being a bully. A little communication goes a long way. Microsoft has filed applications for two patents related to RSS, a popular format for online distribution of news and blogs, leaving some well-known developers wondering about its intentions. complete articlehttp://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#660 Pheedo RSS Research- December 20, 2006 Pheedo conducted research of RSS adoption in the automotive industry and here are some of their conclusions: - Automotive enthusiasts are adopting RSS at an alarming rate and are extremely active: RSS feeds in general across all of Pheedo's categories are growing at a rate of 7% month over month - based on impressions. The auto category, however, has seen growth of 38% month over month, and more than 500% growth during the fourth quarter of 2006 to-date. - Automotive content publishers...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#657 Link Love vs Link Bait- December 20, 2006 What is Link Love Link Love is all about quality. In order to achieve Link Love you must establish authority and credibility. Link Love is all about being a reputable source, often recipients of link love are the first to post breaking news that is vetted and accurate. Bloggers, webmasters and publishers reward sources they genuinely enjoy with link love. Link Bait is often considered the evil step sister of Link Love. What is Link Bait Link Bait is a hook. It is unique or even...http://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#658 New RSS Software Beta Open- December 20, 2006 Checkout the latest beta test of FeedForAll. The latest beta includes a number of enhancements to the publishing feature. The enclosure and feed image can now be automatically uploaded with the RSS feed. The new beta also supports namespace extensions from iTunes to Media RSS. Read More on the new RSS Software Betahttp://www.rss-specifications.com/blog.htm#659 |